E-mail this article

Sending your article

Your article has been sent.

Science is a search for new knowledge. Science museums, however, are usually repositories of the past: fossils, old artifacts, vintage instruments. For museums casting themselves as places of education, the gap between science's collectible past and its ever-changing present is a problem. Are visitors learning the right things about science if a museum's exhibits are, effectively, antiques?(Full article: 1153 words)